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Storage position in Ganga, Indus, Narmada, Tapi, rivers of Kutch, Mahi, Sabarmati, Godavari, Mahanadi and West Flowing Rivers of South basins is better than normal (average of previous 10 years) as on February 27.
The pilot scheme to revive the polluted Karamana-Killi River system, approved by the State Planning Board, integrates nine sub-projects that will be implemented by agencies including the Trivandrum Corporation, Public Works Department, Irrigation, Sewerage Departments and the Biodiversity Board and monitored by the KSCSTE and TRIDA. A co-ordination committee, a technical committee and a monitoring cell have been formed for the smooth and seamless implementation of the project.
In a pilot project aimed at reviving the polluted Karamana-Killi River system, the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment has joined hands with Trivandrum Development Authority. Estimated to cost around Rs 5 crore, the Karamana-Killi River Scientific Management Pilot Project will be implemented with the support of other departments along six kilometres of the Killi River, from Myladikkadavu to Airanimuttam in Thiruvananthapuram.
Medha Patkar of NBA, who is petitioner in Narmada Valley canal project, alleged that state government is diverting the water meant for irrigation to the industries though this Narmada-Kshipra river linking project.
The villagers of Mundala-Dostar-Ujjaini village, where Narmada meets Kshipra through pipeline at 'Sangam Sthal', are going to reap a different sort of benefit from the river linking project-hike price of land. The price of agricultural land in this village is expected to increase by 50 per cent while rate of residential plot will increase by 100 per cent.
Water resources minister MB Patil told the assembly that the project will begin from Nandi Hills to Thippagondanahalli reservoir, and involve removal of bushes and silt as well as re-sectioning works. The water stored in Hesaraghatta and Thippagondanahalli reservoirs will be used for Bangalore's drinking water requirement.
Karnataka government has decided to expedite the process of rejuvenating Arkavathy and Kumudavathy rivers for Rs 22.83 crore. The project will be taken up till Sangam (confluence of Cauvery river) near Kanakapura.
The ambitious Narmada-Kshipra River linking project has come under the legal shadow as an application was moved on Monday in Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court during hearing of PIL over Omkareshwar canal project to stay the river linking project.
Terming of Narmada-Kshipra river linking as a project to stop Malwa from becoming desert chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said experts were raising alarm over the situation in the region under which region was slowly moving towards becoming desert, now with this project ground water level of the region will go up and Malwa will once again regain it old glory in terms of weather and fertility of land.
All Kerala River Protection Council will organize district and panchayat level meetings to spread awareness on the importance of river protection. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Council held at Kozhikode, on Saturday.
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will declare and present award to one of the seven teams constituted for Save Nag River campaign. Mayor Anil Sole will present the award in a programme organized at 8 am on January 26 at NMC head office, Civil Lines.
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to take action against industrial units if they discharge untreated effluents into the Panchganga river in Kolhapur


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This weekend I head back to the sands of Iraq for the second time in 18 months, and I wanted to take the opportunity to give thanks to the many great people I've met through this site.
For OPSEC reasons, I won't mention my specific unit, where we're headed or the exact day I'm leaving, but it's approaching much faster then I think anyone had anticipated! In my personal opinion, I can't wait to be back in Iraq. Something about being in that environment around my close friends and fellow Marines, it's a great feeling.
So to everyone who reads this, thank you for all the great conversations and memories. Hopefully I'll talk to you again soon!
Semper Fidelis, and God Bless America.:D

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My mother doesn't forget anything. She remembers what I wore the night of my first theater performance in middle school; she remembers my scores at high school sporting events; she recalls what kind of cake she made for my various birthdays growing up. She gets hurt when she reminisces, asking, "Don't you remember that night?" and I say, not really. The details for her seem anchored in the harbor, the one calm cove of her mind.
With improvements and accessibility of camera technology, it is rather easy for anyone to buy a camera and start taking pictures. We photograph random as well as common moments in our lives and garner a large body of work with no central meaning or end in sight. While there is still value in this methodology of shooting, the Palms Springs Photo Festival has conceived a workshop, led by Lisa Kereszi, that will show image makers the importance of working in a series.
One of the topics 8x10 portrait photographer Judith Joy Ross is photographing continues to be protest. Rather than the anti-war protesters she photographed in her small, accessible booklet, "Protest The War", the subjects in part of her current show at Pace are environmental activists, who are speaking out, among other things, about the dangerous practice of fracking to drill for natural gas in her area. A previous post here listed the show, but a recent discussion with the artist highlighted just how deeply personal this issue is for her. The 65-year old photographer frequently sets out these days, view camera, Tom Tom and "Frack is Wack" button in tow to various Occupy camps and protests staged in Pennsyvania and in New Jersey. She photographs them in meetings, in lines, phonebanking.
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In Peekskill, artist Melina Hunt, who has spearheaded a major art and access project for Hart Island, is having an exhibition of her photos and drawings memorializing some of those buried in NYC's Potter's Field. Catch it before it c loses soon. "The Hart Island Project: Shades of New York" runs through Jan. 14 in the Westchester Gallery at Westchester Community College's Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill Extension, 27 North Division Street, Peekskill. Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information: sunywcc.edu/peekskill or (914) 606-7304. For more information about the Hart Island Project: hartisland.net.
While Xmas shopping in Soho (who, me?!) you can escape the crowds by exiting east over to 255 Centre Street, where you will find a corner, glass-windowed storefront gallery, the relative newcomer, Clic Bookstore and Gallery. If the old-school, straight photography aficianado can see past the bright colors and fashionista book covers by the door, he or she will discover tables with carousels of stacked book piles and a corner bookshelf replete with the rarest-of-the-rare photography books in the finest condition, some signed, and some not, though still worth just as much in some cases. I was surprised to find and be able to gingerly handle signed O. Winston Link books (yes, plural), rare books by the also gone-from-this-world Helen Levitt and Roy deCarava and Richard Avedon, and scarce titles by Emmet Gowin and Stephen Shore. Definitely worth a visit.
Debuting this Thursday night at Pace MacGill is a show of new, unseen, large-scale color work by famed portraitist, Judith Joy Ross. This is the 1st time she has worked in 8x10 color and with mural-size prints. Decide for yourself how her intimate, felt work changes in its new form. One of the topics she is photographing continues to be protest. Rather than the local Pennsylvania anti-war protesters she photographed in her small, accessible booklet, "Protest The War", the subjects are environmental activists, who are speaking out about the dangerous practice of fracking to drill for natural gas in her area.
Fans of so-called Straight Photography, Modern Art and forward-thinking need to get in their cars, or on the train, and visit the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. Ironically, at this home of American Impressionism, is a wonderful show, a mini-retrospective of sorts, of the photography and collecting habits of Walker Evans. I say "ironically," because Evans railed against Pictorialism and artiness, and his pictures were detached, clean and crip, most unike a gauzy, fuzzy Impressionist's view. But Evans, like these painters before him, chose to make a home there in Old Lyme, an artist's colony in a quintissential New England small town, not far from the Long Island Sound, source of many of the treasures he collected on the beach in a neighboring town.
Two 1971 Walker Evans interviews came into my inbox this week. Here's the link to the transcript of one of them, to complement the one that ASX presented last week. I guess Evans was doing a lot of talking that year in conjunction with his MoMA retrospective.
"PAUL CUMMINGS: Could you describe in some kind of terms what makes a good photograph for you? I mean if you look at ten photographs what are the qualities that you would look for to kind of separate them?
WALKER EVANS: Detachment, lack of sentimentality, originality, a lot of things that sound rather empty. I know what they mean. Let's say, "visual impact" may not mean much to anybody. I could point it out though. I mean it's a quality that something has or does not have. Coherence. Well, some things are weak, some things are strong. You just have to…. Well, if you've got something in front of you and you've got some students you throw those words around and point them out.
Lisa Kereszi will give a slide lecture of unpublished work from a Governors Island photo project this Sunday the 24th at 130pm in the gallery at the Commanding Officer's House, on Governors Island. The work, commissioned in 2003 by the Public Art Fund, by Kereszi and Andrew Moore, is installed in the former officer's quarters, which is open 7 days a week, normal business hours, through September 25th, 2011. The pair independently photographed the innards and exteriors of the former Army, then Coast Guard, base, which was abandoned in the mid-Nineties and sold to the city for $1 to be turned into a public park. The talk will be followed by a tour inside the gym in the grand building, Liggett Hall, and the Officer's Club inside the South Battery, both otherwise off-limits to visitors. Spend the day on the island, a park in NY Harbor with activities like mini golf and circus school, art installations, bike rentals and food and drink.


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A partly overloaded DNS server can slow down all the workstations on the network. Dnsgraph is an early warning system that gives administrators a graph of critical values. Your Dnsgraph charts will help you keep your systems serving names.
Just recently I heard about a memory genius who could remember the value of pi to several thousand decimal figures; at the same time, this person couldn't explain the practical value of this exercise. People like that don't need a DNS server; instead they could just memorize a few thousand IP addresses. But normal folks prefer DNS. And if you run a name resolution service yourself, I'm sure you will appreciate Dnsgraph [1]. The project name indicates a similarity with projects such as Mailgraph and Queuegraph, and Dnsgraph is actually based on Mailgraph. The tool parses a file for the status information generated by my Bind 9 DNS server [2], and converts the figures into a graph.
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It seems that greed and avarice are bred into mankind and encouraged by the system to a point where even the rich no longer control their fortunes. If you are worth several billion dollars you are unlikely to be making the daily decisions for your investments, and your high-priced financial advisors steer your course through the markets and options that make finance such an interesting field. After a certain point, money makes more of itself automatically, and all you need pay attention to is how you spend your gains.
On the other end of the scale, the workers continue to subsist on the leavings of the bosses, whose growing fortunes are derived from the amazing gains in productivity by the workforce who see next to no wage increases for their paid labor. American families now need two incomes just to stay ahead of the mortgage and groceries. While American business has reveled in the largesse of profiteering, the very workers who produce their fortunes are being evicted from their homes, creating a new sub-class of indigent and increasingly angry citizens. If that isn't class warfare, I don't know what is.
It is a known truth that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That condition is fabled in song and poetry, mostly from the Depression era when it was thought that organizing to demand better treatment and fair wages could change things — an unfortunate delusion that persists despite the evidence that union leaders are no less greedy and corrupt than the bosses.
The current presidential contest boils down to a choice between the rich, perfectly represented by Mitt Romney whose rise from inherited wealth to billionaire came from playing the hedge fund game on Wall street with his daddy's money, and the poor, meaning the rest of us whose wage slavery is compounded by our ignorance that the class war is already being fought, and we are losing. If the rich win this time they have plans to gut the social contract on all fronts, leaving millions without jobs to beg for work at any price.
Time only will tell whether America's masses will rise to the occasion and try to reform the system by returning Obama for a second term of trying to give the people an even break, but the first task on the agenda has to be recognizing the war we're in and fighting back.
"Death to the fascist insects that prey upon the people!" goes the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) slogan.
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Jonathan-Livingston underway
November 03, 2010
I hid away from a storm in Nazare, which is well protected from the Atlantic. Only when the wind comes round to the north does the fetch in the harbour increase and J-L was pinned to the hammerhead pontoon in choppy water. I had all the fenders in place, some looked rather squashed but everything survived.
I planned to leave for an overnight passage down to Cascais and was afraid I might not be able to spring J-L off the pontoon. My luck was in, as 19:00 approached – my planned departure time, the wind died completely, so I had no difficulty leaving. I thought I would have to motor the whole twelve to fourteen hours in the remains of the waves and swell but again luck was on my side. The wind picked up again to fifteen to twenty knots and I had a broad reach to Peniche then a gybe and a broad reach to Capo Raso. An uneventful sail, if you ignore the constant danger of the invisible fishing buoys and a lumpy sea. Then there was a fishing boat incognito. It's the second time I have seen this in Portuguese waters. Something on the radar but nothing to be seen in the dark, then suddenly on come a set of navigation lights and a boat storms off. The Nazare harbour master told me that there is a lot of illegal fishing, so maybe that was one of them.
Most of the way I was followed by sailing yacht Burnout. He was gaining on me slowly and continued his way south when I turned east towards Cascais. For a long time he was invisible to vision or radar, but he carried AIS, so I could watch his progress precisely as well as know his name. At about 1.5 miles, his navigation light started to appear intermittently over the swell.
After Capo Raso, the the wind died again, so I motored the remainder towards Cascais marina. Perverse again at last, the wind started up energetically on the nose this time, just to make the entry into Cascais difficult. I was early arriving, so waited until nine for the reception to open. Then moored in berth M23. I was surprised to see all the boats moving in their berths in response to the surge created by the swell outside. There are several knots of current in and out of the narrow entrance channel
Cascais is an attractive holiday town and its marina is large and well equipped. The marina charges have dropped to the winter rate, which makes it quite attractive place to stay. However, I shall be moving up river to Alcantara in Lisboa, as the Atlantic swell that I arrived with was bursting above the seawall when it was only 2 or 3 metres high. Next week the swell is predicted to reach 10.8 metres and will certainly come over the seawall.
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"Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work."
—Ray Kroc
Kent Lind talks about some T-shirt business basics
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LET'S TAKE A STEP AWAY FROM THE DESIGN aspect of T-shirt airbrushing, and focus on the business aspect this time. Afterall, without good organization and foresight, all aspects of your T-shirt world will suffer. Creativity needs space and an environment that's free of stress and clutter to really flourish. Imagination can't take flight if your mind is constantly preoccupied with thoughts of, "Uh oh, I need to take care of inventory!†Any type of procrastination in this area delays the artistic process and prevents you from really achieving your creative pinnacle. So for this issue, I'll share my business experience in an attempt to help you with yours.
Keeping your day-to-day responsibilities in order requires discipline and repetition. For me, a daily structure is critically important for continued achievement and meeting goals. Even if I know that I just took care of something, I still won't deviate from my checklist regimen. Allow me to break down those jobs and tasks that I address daily, weekly, monthly, and yes, yearly.
The schedule reveals my artists' locations on any given day, the hours they work, and the particular shop's operating times. This is important in case I need to inform them of display changes, pricing, new orders, etc. Knowledge is power and works both ways. Keeping in contact with the different locations daily lets the artists know that I'm always accessible and that I expect the same from them. This also ensures that I'll know in advance of any problems getting a shop opened. Nothing hinders your ability to make money like a shop that's closed because the artist didn't show up. Each amusement park has unique operating hours based on time of year, ridership, attendance, and past experience. It's my job to make sure that we all abide by those guidelines.
The next daily job is to mentally run through your inventory. I really hate when someone wants to buy a particular item and I'm out of it! Just a quick thought into what you have at each shop makes all the difference. Although most T-shirt airbrush artists don't run multiple locations, I really believe that you need to think big before you can become big. For some of you that may mean moving out of your home studio and into a flea market situation, or into an existing T-shirt store, or graduating from an employee into your own store or kiosk, or expanding your current single location into several locations. Whatever your scenario, you've got to envision it, plan for it, and be ready when opportunity knocks.
Because I have multiple locations, it's itally important to have trusted employees to help me with these daily tasks. Needless to say, I can only be in one place at a time. Gene Abel—my manager at Six Flags in St. Louis—and I have worked together on and off for more than 15 years. Holy buckets! Because I'm based in Minnesota, I rely heavily on Gene for the day-to-day operations at that booth. He's my eyes and ears to what's going on with the artists and park management. Jen Jorstad, my Minnesota manager, has been with me since the summer of 2001 and is quite integral in helping maintain my sanity. She handles scheduling, helps me with inventory, booth renovations, and anything that comes down the pike. As your business grows, it's important that you develop the ability to fully understand and identify your strengths and weaknesses. Although I may be more than capable of handling the daily grind and details, the advantage and benefit of delegation is that it empowers you to focus on, and achieve, larger and future goals.
Next is bookwork. Bookwork involves collecting artist invoices and paying those invoices (artists are always broke and need that next check as soon as possible!), reporting my weekly totals to the parks (don't let this get ahead of you or you could wind up with an entire season backlog to contend with. It's happened to me!), paying bills, and more.
Every week also entails keeping up with the latest designs, and the physical appearance of the booth. Make sure that all of your equipment is clean and running at peak performance. This may be the hardest thing to get across to each artist. Some of them, and maybe you, too, are blessed with a gene that forbids cleaning. A messy booth or studio just aggravates everybody involved, and it amazes me that some artists just can't see it. But then, I might get a glimpse of their apartment or home or studio and it all becomes crystal clear. You'd be surprised at how one's personal lifestyle transfers to their business style. Keep it clean, people. Simply put, the cleaner and more efficient your work space, the easier it is to make money and to keep those creative juices flowing.
Then, I addressed my monthly and yearly responsibilities, which include long-term goals and direction—expansion, contracts, taxes, surpassing last year's sales, etc. You should also look at how you want to grow as an artist. Adding new designs to the current display is necessary to stay fresh. I constantly talk to my artists and students at the airbrush Getaway workshops about expanding your comfort zone. This is how it works: Everything that you feel comfortable paintingis contained within a circle. Anything that makes you nervous is outside of that circle.The cool thing is that any time you successfully tackle something outside your comfort zone, your circle expands. Ultimately, you can grow to the point where your comfortable tackling anything.
Now, let's examine some of the physical aspects of running a business or studio. First up, the booth or studio set-up.
Like I've said before, you've got to think big in order to get big. For this reason all of my locations have multiple-artist capacity. Having at least two artists on duty during most of the day allows me to handle any amount of business flow that might occur. On weekends in particular, I'll have three artists working, either all in the main booth or two in the main booth and one in the satellite location. Throughout this article are pictures of each of the locations. Notice that the artists work in the ba ck of the booth. Artists at work are a strong attraction, and this must never be discounted. You can also see that the back wall has tons of display on it, protected by 1/8- inch beveled glass (to keep your display always looking good and easy to clean).
Another big part of my setup is incorporating design space with functionality. For example, my outer display also stores product, and in all locations the front display is angled for easier viewing, and the back sides are empty. This way, the artists can easily grab a shirt to show customers.
Equipment is another huge consideration. My airbrush of choice is the Iwata Eclipse HP-BCS, with an 8- to 10-foot braided hose. My paint of choice is Createx. I use all transparent colors in my lineup except for opaque black and white. I also like to organize my colors in order of use and color family. Going from left to right, closest to the work area, are:
Opaque Black, Opaque White, Caribbean Blue, Violet, Brite Blue, Deep Blue, Brite Red, Yellow, Fluorescent Pink, Fluorescent Violet, Fluorescent Yellow, Fluorescent Orange, Fluorescent Green, Forest Green, Aqua, Burgundy, Light Brown, Dark Brown, and Medium Gray. This arsenal can easily handle any design challenge. In addition, I do like to experiment and use specialty colors from season to season. Last season it was Leaf Green and Maui Blue (the latter will find a permanent place in my set up this season; it's an awesome color!). I'm not big on opaques, but will do all of my work wi th Opaque White first and then paint over it with color if need be.
Concerning booth design, the best advice I can give is to make sure to take into consideration the current elements around you and to incorporate them into your look. Now, this doesn't mean that you want to blend in. You've got to separate yourself from the crowd. A great way to accomplish this is to have some eye-grabbing signage. Consider having 3-dimensional aspects to your sign. You may have to comply with the constraints or context of a theme park. For example, at my Six Flags location, the booth itself is called the "Wild West Airbrush Store,†so I had to design accordingly. But, it has to be functional as well.
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Gareth Peel was one of a group of travel agents who took on the challenge Explore set them of trekking to Everest Base Camp. He didn't consider himself a walker or a trekker before the trip; read his day-by-day account of his adventure to see how this soon changed.
Day one saw the group travelling from the UK to Kathmandu, and day two is where the adventure really started...
Day 2: Kathmandu
Good morning Kathmandu! The tour starts off as all tours should with a buffet breakfast (the usual bowl of coco pops but then also one bowl of curry to get me into the Nepali mood) at our lovely hotel, a former Palace no less! Then it's off for our walking tour of the crazy streets of Kathmandu. First stop was the Temple of the Living Virgin Goddess, where a seven-year-old girl is treated like a living God. It's reasons like this that you travel. The whole story behind her is unbelievable to a Western ear. I won't ruin it for you but I wouldn't like to be present at the selection ceremony!
Kathmandu streets are a harsh reality check as to how the rest of the world live - how they survive might be a more appropriate word. The dust clogs your throat and the smells haunt your nose, some are exotic and sweet...most aren't. As you see the dirty water bubbling in the gutters (fermenting not boiling) you know you're a long way from home. We visit the former King's palace, grab some lunch and then in the afternoon we get one last chance to buy kit for the trek. Comfy down slippers are not exactly essential but in the UK they're £40 and in Nepal only £7; bargain! Really wishing I hadn't bought so much kit in the UK now. Could have saved a fortune!
Day 3: Fly Kathmandu to Lukla; walk to Phakding
Last night I hardly slept. I was a six-year-old again and it was the night before Christmas. Everyone else was exactly the same! We're off to Everest!!! We took a minibus to the airport and checked our bags in. Mine was slightly overweight but managed to sneak it through. It wasn't until I was on the plane that it dawned on me that it was actually going to be me carrying this extra weight for the next 12 days. Sat nervously on the tiny plane with the hand written plane ticket in my hand. Peering out of the window, the propeller humming and the glistening white peaks of the Himalaya getting closer and closer. In Lukla, the relief of surviving the landing (Youtube it now!) was counter-balanced by the shock to the system that 2800 metres worth of altitude provides. We had arrived!
We met our Sherpa crew, had a spot of lunch and then the trekking began. A winding path through the busy villages of the Lower Khumbu Valley. We shared the paths with mules and porters, with school children and monks. Around every corner is a new sight or sound. A woman tending to her vegetable patch, a waterfall falling a thousand metres in the distance down a sheer cliff face. A porter carrying a weight that looks four times the size of him; how does he even stand? Towards the end of the afternoon the heavens opened and we got a chance to put our waterproofs to the test. Phakding, our night time resting place, was shrouded in mist as we arrived. A tour of the village would have to wait until the morning. We were all just glad to be inside with our hot drinks and Nepali style chocolate bourbons! They're a bit softer than British Bourbons, perhaps they're out of date. We were warned to watch out for the sell-by dates on food up here. But I just want to replace my calories and I'd eat a thousand-year-old egg right now if it was chocolate flavoured.
Day 4: Phakding to Namche Bazaar
Today has been a day of highs and lows…no pun intended. We've learnt the true meaning of "Nepali Flat". For every one step you take up you take one step down which equals Nepali flat. Multiply that by about one million and that's how flat it's been for us today! The views have possibly been more beautiful than anything I've ever seen before. We've crossed valleys carved by white water rivers on flimsy Indiana Jones style bridges with the backdrop of glistening snow-caped 6000m plus mountains. The weather has been beautiful with sunshine all day and the Nepali people have been as friendly and welcoming and helpful as always. The lows ironically have been the altitude with our ascent to the market town of Namche Bazaar at nearly 3500m. It's hit all of us, some worse than others but I for one certainly have a banging headache. It's been a hard day's trek but we've managed to keep each other motivated with sarcasm and bad jokes. The thought of our first view of Everest tomorrow is also doing the trick in keeping our tired legs moving.
Day 5: In Namche
An amazing day today, our first view of Everest and hardly any walking. Had a great eight hours sleep and a nice big breakfast of pancakes and porridge. That's a perfect start as far as I'm concerned. Namche is a horse-shoe shaped market town planted on the side of the valley. It's a small town of only 50 or so buildings but looks more like a city compared to anything we've seen in the last few days. It was a short climb up the steps leading out of town to the viewing point. And there it was: Everest. But it wasn't alone. The sun shone down on a whole host of 8000m mountains. And in the sky griffin vultures soared majestically on the thermals above our heads. Now tell me that isn't special?! It certainly made for some spectacular photos. In the afternoon we did a short acclimatisation walk and then had some free time to explore the local shops and stock up on Mars bars and other goodies for the trip.
Day 6: Namche to Thyangboche/Deboche
Wow. Yet another wow. I'm sat in the Rivendell Lodge at Deboche writing this. I'm in the communal dining room at our table. To the right of me is the Alpine Accent Team and to the left a team of professional Mongolian climbers. These people are crazy...a lot of them might look like school teachers sat their calmly reading their magazines in their big woolly jumpers but they're actually planning on going to the top.
Today has been tough..why do I feel like I write that every day? It started off easy with an almost flat run out of Namche past the Stupa dedicated to Tenzing Norgay. We had a bit of a traffic jam as everyone stopped to take photos of the prayer flags fluttering around the monument with Everest in the background. Everywhere you look is a photo opportunity with Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Nupste all in view. I'd started out on isotonic drinks rather than water this morning which kept me pretty lively and near the front of the pack in the morning. By the afternoon I was completely exhausted and no fancy energy drink was going to save me.
We had a three hour climb from the river bed up to Thyangboche monastery at 3867m. I think the climb was about 1000m but it felt double that.
Headaches and leg aches were back in full force but I did make it. One of our Sherpa's brothers was studying to be a monk at the monastery but I didn't get to meet him as I was too busy getting rid of this morning's designer sports drinks.
You have to drink plenty of liquid at this height to aid acclimatisation but all this liquid doesn't stay in your system for long! I must spend about 10% of my waking day peeing, meaning I'm always missing some amazing view or person or something. At least I get to see the flora up close I guess. Our teahouse for the night lay at the bottom of the hill so off we trotted. I hate going downhill. Not only because it hurts your knees...but because it just means even more up tomorrow!
Day 7: Thyangboche to Dingboche
Woke up this morning to rain. The promise of amazing views of Ama Dablam did not materialise. We had a long steady climb throughout the day to Dingboche. Bistari, bistari (slowly, slowly) as they like to say here. Slow is good though. I'm not fit, I haven't ever run a marathon, I haven't even run a 10k so I'm always near the back of the group. But surprisingly, here being unfit is an actual advantage. The slower you walk, the longer you have to acclimatise. Aesop's Fable of the tortoise and the hare has never been truer! At our teahouse tonight we were joined by a Korean pro team. They have their own food shipped in so it's rice and seaweed and all manner of crazy looking dishes. It makes our vegetable and potato based diet look very dull. Pot noodles would make our diet look dull in all honesty. They're here for the night resting before heading back to climb Mount Everest. Your body heals much quicker at lower altitude. One of their team seems to be sporting a lovely patch of frostbite on his leg. I think he needs to be a lot lower than our current 4410m.
Day 8: At Dingboche
We had an acclimatisation day today. A five to six hour trek gaining 300m in height to prepare us for the days ahead. This was the easy option. So easy was it, that at the half-way lunch point I curled up on a duvet cover from the 70s and fell asleep for an hour. We just don't get easy options here! In the afternoon we went to a talk about altitude sickness by one of the volunteer doctors. We're all suffering to various degrees and it was nice to know that my symptoms were a genuine illness. I seem to be suffering from HAFE. High Altitude Flatulence Expulsion! But at least it's better than some of the illnesses up here. In the evening we all have dinner in the communal dining room. In the centre, a traditional wood burner heats the room but as we're above the tree level, yak pooh is used to keep us warm. It has a very distinct smell. Food usually consists of potatoes and vegetables. It's actually very good but it definitely contributes to the HAFE. We tend to stay up chatting for a bit rubbing shoulders with the various pro teams aiming for the top. By nine everyone is ready for bed. A quick stop at the squatter toilets, flushed with a bucket of water by hand, then off to our rooms which essentially look like a garden shed minus the lawn mower. Luxury this isn't. Thank God for my thermal long-johns and four-season sleeping bag.
Day 9: Dingboche to Lobuche
Our teahouse was a hive of activity this morning. Everyone was ready to push off, the Koreans included who were going to the top! We had a beautiful start with brilliant sunshine and only a small incline. Helicopters buzzed overhead all morning ferrying altitude sick patients back and forth. Serious stuff happens up here!! We had a great lunch of frankfurter sausages, chapati bread and chips. It was stodge heaven. After lunch the day changed. The first hour was a steep 300m climb through a boulder pass. 300m, even writing it down now seems like so little but trust me, it's enough to make a nun curse when you're already 4600m up! The hour seemed to last forever, headaches appeared, my lungs faltered and my breathing was short at best. I think it was the worst experience of the trip so far but I could be wrong. All the painful parts seem to blur into one... At the top of the hill we were met with memorials to climbers passed. And as we're in the middle of climbing season the familiar dates were all very sobering. We trekked on past Lobuche Mountain at the base of which there was a camp for climbers. You just assume that everyone is here for Everest but there are plenty of other challenges here (Explore do a lovely Gokyo Lake and 3 High Passes Trek for instance). As we walked on it started to snow. It was a truly romantic image... that was quickly ruined as it turned into a blizzard which was not so romantic. The last hour to the teahouse in Lobuche was cold, wet, tiring and full of plenty of expletives I won't repeat!
Day 10: Trek to Everest Base Camp; overnight in Gorak Shep
The reason we're here, the big one, Everest Base Camp or EBC for those in the know. Today has been physically and emotionally the hardest day of my life. We trekked for nine hours mostly at over 5000m. Your body uses three times the amount of energy at this altitude so today has been like jogging for nine hours! I never thought I wouldn't make it before we left for Nepal. My friends assured me that adrenaline alone would get me through. They were wrong. It turned out to be a raspberry flavoured energy gel that did the trick, that and the help of our guide Su. He's been amazing. I spent a fair amount of the day towards the back of our pack as walking got harder and harder. It was his words of advice and encouragement that helped me through the worst parts. We had amazing weather for the day and the views have been picture perfect but everything has been a bit of a blur. I will have to use my photos to establish the finer details. What I do remember is getting to Base Camp. I remember the hugs, the high fives and the smiles on everyone's faces as we'd actually made it. Su had one last incredible special treat for us at the end. He is a personal friend of Appa Sherpa who has summited Everest 22 times, more than anyone else in the world. Su led us to Appa's camp where we got unprecedented access to one of the world's true living legends. Thank you Su, thank you Explore!
Day 11: Ascend Kala Pattar; descend to Pheriche
Today has been like heaven. With the emotional and physical exertions of yesterday out of the way, we're almost back to normal. We had an early start at 4am for a few of us to hike up the peak of Kala Pattar for sunrise views of Everest. I'm not ashamed to say I didn't make it. Yesterday had drained me. Words can't explain how hard walking is at 5am, in the freezing cold at 5000m plus. Even spectacular views of Everest, Lhotse and all the rest couldn't tempt me any higher. I made it half-way to the summit and then decided to turn back. As I made my way back down I was greeted by a helicopter coming into land. As the dust swirled around the teahouse three tiny figures made their way out to the helicopter and it took straight off down the valley. Some people unfortunately don't even get to attempt Kala Pattar. After that ordeal, today improved dramatically. Downhill! It's a truly magical word. We've dropped nearly 700m to Pheriche and everyone has a spring in their step again. We trekked for six hours but I'm sure we could all have gone on much further. The other bonus with lower altitude is the better standards of accommodation. Our teahouse is pure luxury in comparison to last night. Nicer beds, actual toilets and even a shower. Why am I writing this blog when I could actually be having a shower?!
Day 12: Pheriche to Phortse
Expletive, expletive, expletive! They lulled us into a false sense of security yesterday! Today started off okay. Nepali flat as per usual which we can all handle now. The sun was shining, the birds were tweeting and words like "pleasant" and "stroll" came to mind. It was a nice easy walk in the morning and we stopped for lunch in Pangboche in a teahouse that we had visited on the way up. In the afternoon things changed. From the teahouse there were two paths. We chose the up path. The up, up and up path. It was a different path to the one we had come in on. The reason they don't choose the path on the way in is because of the number of tourists they'd lose over the edge and they don't want to effect the success rate of summiters! Losing a few on the way down obviously doesn't matter. The views were stunning but I spent most of the time looking at my feet making sure I was putting them somewhere safe. The words "pleasant" and "stroll" are nowhere to be seen. We spent four challenging hours clinging to the side of a mountain path a couple of thousand feet up. A few wild mountain goats joined us for company but they seemed a lot more at ease surrounded by the sheer drops than us. Nine very happy and relieved trekkers reached our teahouse in Phortse tonight. Just in case you were wondering, we started out as nine; we didn't lose any!
Day 13: Phortse to Monzo
Early start...quel surprise!? The teahouse has been lovely and after being well-fed we made our way down through the village. We were led through a tiny maze of stone-walled paths to the edge of the village before the path dropped down the hill through thick forest towards the river. The trees dripped in hanging moss casting shadows and in the darkness behind we could see tiny musk deer feeding. The animals seemed so comfortable in our presence which I guess has something to do with living in a Buddhist country. Crossing the river meant only one thing...there was an uphill on the way. And it was a proper Nepali uphill. We struggled upwards, occasionally being overtaken by yaks and porters. The porters were carrying huge sheets of plywood off to some building project in the distance. It's just absolutely crazy. I'm here struggling with a tiny rucksack on and they're carrying half of B&Q on their back! Nearly two hours later we reached the top. Hot and sweaty we stopped for a drink at what can only be described as a cafe. Next to us three young monks in Ray Bans chatted away on their mobile phones (it's the 21st century even in Nepal). We had an hour or so repeat of yesterday's mountain hugging paths until we joined up with our previous route near the teahouse belonging to Lakpa Dorjee Sherpa. From there the path back to Namche was the same as before. It just seemed longer. Around every corner I thought our lunch destination would be there but it never was. When will this walking end?!
We ate lunch in Namche and even had time for a bit of shopping. Then the walking started all over again. This afternoon was tiring as we made our way downhill back to the river below. On the way up, this hill had nearly killed us. It was only slightly kinder on the way down. Luckily the altitude had stopped being a problem. Only the aches and pains of our feet and joints to contend with this time! We retraced our steps through lush green valleys to our teahouse in Chomoa for our evening rest. And everyone slept like a log tonight!
Day 14: Chomoa to Lukla
The last day was a pleasure. We ambled, we strolled, we stopped to take more photos than is humanly possible. We were on wind-down. The end was in sight and we all knew that this great adventure was coming to an end. Maybe we walked slowly because we didn't want it to end. Maybe we walked slowly because our feet were killing?! We passed through the lower valleys of the Himalaya without incident. More yaks charging us off the paths, more porters carrying 75kg loads on their heads, more Buddhist monks with their mobile phones attached to their ears, more swaying suspension bridges and white-water rivers carving their way through the valley...it was all so blasé. We reached our teahouse in Lukla safe and well but a little wet. The heavens had decided to open five minutes from our destination. We had had rain on our first day trekking and our last, not a bad count for twelve days trekking. We enjoyed our accommodation that night. We had a great meal, our first chance in twelve days to eat meat not out of a tin. We all drank a little and there was even some dancing and singing (think traditional Nepali mixed with Rhianna).
Our time on the mountain was over but there was a group of professionals in our teahouse for whom it was far from over. The next day they were attempting the world's highest helicopter evacuation of a body from a vertical cliff of 6400m. The body belonged to a Russian climber and these brave men were risking their own lives to bring it down. The things they were attempting were like stunts from a Mission Impossible film...only harder. We were trekkers now but the climbers and pilots who call this mountain home each spring are a completely different breed.
Day 15: Fly Lukla to Kathmandu
Time to depart Lukla...our trekking has come to end an end. We were on the first plane back to Kathmandu. The plane landed at 6.30 and by 6.45 the passengers were off and we were getting on. They can land 80 flights a day on this tiny airstrip... now I know how they do it. Five minutes later we're rolling down the runway and fingers crossed taking off! We did take off - phew - you know you're on an adventure holiday when even the plane rides are white knuckle! The mountains shrank into foot hills and soon we were coming into land in Kathmandu. The patchwork of buildings looked just as impressive from the air. Arriving back at the hotel was pure bliss. I've roughed it for the best part of two weeks. This afternoon shall be spent with a glass of wine sunning myself by the pool. I know it's hardly culturally enlightening but for once I don't care!
Day 16: In Kathmandu
Today we had a final whirlwind tour of the city, more temples and shrines and we even had a bit of time for shopping. First was the Bodnath Stupa and then we went on to the Temple of Pashupatinath where we were witness to a funeral pyre. It's such an alien concept although to be honest the cows wandering past the flames seemed just as alien. This mix of Buddhism and Hinduism, the poverty, the dust, the sunshine beating down, the constant honking of car horns! This city is alive in so many ways but the pyres are stark reminders of the end of life that awaits everyone no matter where they live. We saw many memorials on Everest to the climbers who had passed away trying to reach their goal. I'd reached my goal with little more than sore feet. Maybe all the spinning of Buddhist prayer wheels had helped? This had been such an amazing experience. I'd have to warn anybody thinking of doing this trip that it's certainly not a holiday...it's much, much better than that!
Day 17: Tour ends Kathmandu
It was the usual early start for the airport this morning. Su waved us off and it was time to fly home. It was the end of a truly life changing trip but we had one last treat. For the first 40 minutes the plane skirted the Himalayas on its way back towards India. The whole mountain range was in view stretching to Pakistan. One last chance to see these beautiful monsters of snow and rock. Cruising at 36,000 feet they look so tiny. Maybe getting to the top isn't so hard.
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The 21-year-old pop star had checked into a medical center earlier this week, halting her "Bangerz" tour. Cyrus has since been tweeting updates about her condition and concert dates. (Warning: Her Twitter page contains explicit content)
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Miley Cyrus remains hospitalized after suffering a "severe allergic reaction to antibiotics" and has postponed two concerts after cancelling two others.
The 21-year-old pop star had checked into a medical center earlier this week, halting her "Bangerz" tour. She canceled a concert in Kansas City that was set to take place on April 15 as well as an April 16 St. Louis gig. On Thursday, April 17, Cyrus tweeted an update about her condition. (Warning: Her Twitter page contains explicit content)
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A "Mrs. Doubtfire" sequel is in the works, more than 20 years after the hit family film was released, but there is one star who does not seem keen about the idea -- former child star Mara Wilson.
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They call it the July 22 double-issue of ESPN the Magazine, but you may have already noticed it.
Hard not to notice it.
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is on the cover.
And he is naked.
(Actually there are eight different covers, each with its own naked person. I suppose you could collect all of them but maybe you shouldn't brag about it at work.)
Swimsuits, Sports Illustrated? We don't need any of your swimsuits. We're talking — are you ready for this — total nudity!
Of course it is some of the most cleverly photographed nudity you will ever see (or not really see). No clothes but plenty of strategically placed hands, footballs, basketballs, water sprays, a motorcycle (!) but mostly some very carefully raised thighs.
So the nudity is not, you know, totally total.
The photo that caught my eye ... No, wait, let's start again ...
Golfer Gary Player is 77 years old. He is shown in his backswing with no sign of Nike anywhere. If he's wearing cleated shoes, we can't see — but it would be funny to see a guy wearing nothing but cleats.
Back to topic. He looks great.
I have some history with Mr. Player. We spoke often on the PGA Tour in the late '70s and '80s. I'm not sure if Mr. Player ever forgot a face but I'm pretty sure he never forgot a bulging belly. Every time I tried to talk to him about golf, it turned into a lecture about health.
OK, he had my best interests at heart and apparently has never heard the siren call of a chocolate eclair.
But then there was that one Wednesday the day before a Disney World golf tournament began. Mr. Player was demonstrating the art of hitting the golf ball to about 100 to 200 fans. And I stopped by.
Big mistake.
Mr. Player asked me to help him by addressing the ball. I walked over and resisted the temptation to say, "Hello, ball," 'cause I knew he would not be amused. So I positioned myself next to the ball and mentally saw myself as Tom Weiskopf. (Ask your grandfather.)
Mr. Player apparently visualized me as a killer whale.
"If Jerry hits a poor shot, don't be too harsh," he told the audience, "because, after all, he can't see the ball."
Friends, it's about 30 years later and I still haven't thought of a snappy comeback.
So he's part of "the body issue" of a national magazine and I still have my eclairs.
I'm calling it a draw.
NFL thoughts: AFC West
Denver, 13-3 last season, over/under 11.5.
Broncos have been knocked out in the playoffs the last two years by eventual Super Bowl participants -- New England and Baltimore. They are loaded. Oddly enough I think their biggest worry is Peyton Manning. When will the decline begin? But, again, they are loaded on both sides. They open the season on Thursday, Sept. 5, by hosting champ Baltimore. Talk about a great way to get Big Mo on your side. If you like someone in the AFC better, let me know who and why.
San Diego, 7-9 last season, over/under 7.5.
Seriously, I am so sick of these guys. Every year they look good on paper, play terribly and then win a few at the end to keep you wondering. They do have new management including a new coaching staff, which must help. No! I will not be suckered again. Forget them.
Kansas City, 2-14 last season, over/under 7.
Everyone's preseason sweetheart to jump from bottom to possible wild-card contention. New coach in Andy Reid and new QB in Alex Smith. Of course both were available for a reason but they certainly are upgrades. And there is a fantasy favorite in RB Jamaal Charles who should be about No. 6 on your RB cheat sheet. An 8-8 season sounds about right.
Oakland, 4-12 last season, over/under 5.5.
And then there are the Raiders. They were rotten and now they are rebuilding from there. Best shot for next year's first pick in the draft.
A moment about Paula Deen . . .
"What? Paula Deen? Greene, are you all right?"
Who ever knows if I am all right but I need your help about Paula (and this gives some of you a break from all that NFL stuff.)
Not my place to tell you how you should feel about Ms. Deen. That's up to you. We know because of prior offensive racial language that she was dropped by Food Network and numerous sponsors, including Ballantine Books.
Here's my question: Why have sales of her previous cookbooks quadrupled? Stir that in your pot.
Summer vacay at — Snake Island?
Looking for that special getaway that will impress your friends when you get back (or if you get back)? Let me tell you about a little island 90-some miles off the Eastern coast of Brazil. Officially known as "Ilha de Queimada Grande," it's usually called Snake Island.
That's because the most conservative estimates suggest you will find a snake every three feet. And most of these snakes are the golden lancehead, a nicely named but extremely poisonous pit viper.
That makes the island so dangerous that the Brazilian Navy has forbidden anyone to set foot there. The snakes, incidentally, feast upon migratory birds who must be extremely stupid to keep landing there.
There's a story about a fisherman who landed there to pick bananas.
It's a short story with a terrible ending and no bananas.
The complete story of Snake Island is courtesy of The Beat of Sports, where you learn the strangest things. You can find more by going here: http://thesent.nl/198UT79.
And when you go to that site, there also are links for Monkey Island, Whistling Island and the ever-popular Stromboli Island — so there's something for everyone.
These are the notes, folks
• Speaking of snakes, a copy of "The Real Book About Snakes" was returned to a library in Ohio — 41 years overdue and with $299.30 (Two cents a day.) A note with the book explained that the renter was "a slow reader." Study hard, kids.
• Thursday was the fifth anniversary of the opening of "The Dark Knight," and I'm still not sure if anyone since has given a better performance than Heath Ledger as The Joker.
• OK, Yankee fans, a show of hands. Who is thrilled about the return of A-Rod? — Oh, come on.
• Because of the harping of the media, I now want Johnny Manziel to lead A&M to a perfect season — and play Ohio State for the national championship.
• Which has it been for you: Early morning British Open or constant Comic-Con live streaming? Ah, life is full.
Jerry has been doing both and will probably not shut up about it Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon on The Beat of Sports, hosted by Marc Daniels on 740theGame radio. And he's ready to reply to just about anything sent to email@example.com. Have a great British Open Sunday.


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